VŠTE:ACJ_1 English language I - Course Information

ACJ_1 English language I

Extent and Intensity

0/4/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Daniel Raušer (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Petr Sádlo (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Věra Sládková (seminar tutor)

Guaranteed by

doc. Ing. Zuzana Rowland, MBA, PhD.
Lifelong learning Centre – Directorate of Study Administration and Lifelong Learning – Vice-Rector for Study Affairs – Rector – Institute of Technology and Business in České Budějovice
Supplier department: Centre of language services – Faculty of Corporate Strategy – Rector – Institute of Technology and Business in České Budějovice

Timetable of Seminar Groups

ACJ_1/CCV: Sun 26. 3. 13:05–16:20 D515, Sun 7. 5. 8:00–12:55 D415, V. Sládková

Prerequisites (in Czech)

OBOR ( CAP )

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is offered to students of any study field.
The capacity limit for the course is 523 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/523, only registered: 0/523

Course objectives supported by learning outcomes

The aim of the course is to improve the language competence of students and achieve at least the A2+, B1 level according to CEFR. After successful accomplishing ACJ_1 course, the student will be able to understand phases and common vocabulary relating to areas of his/her immediate needs (i.e. personal information, information about the family, shopping, local geography, employment). He/she can understand the meaning of short, clear news and announcements. He/She can read short simple texts and look up specific, expected information in text encountered on everyday basis.

Syllabus

• 1.Everyday life situations, small talk, familiarising students with CEFR 2.Getting about the city, transport 3.Hotel, accommodation 4.Family, society 5.Housing 6.Shopping and services 7.Healthy lifestyle, environment 8.Holidays 9.Free time 10.Healthcare 11.Fashion,clothes 12.Biography 13. B1 exam structure, speaking exam

Literature

required literature
• OXENDEN, Clive, Christina LATHAM-KOENIG a Paul SELIGSON. New English file: pre-intermediate student's book. 1. edit. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005, 159 s. ISBN 0194384330.

recommended literature
• Cambridge preliminary English test extra: with answers. 1st pub. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006, 144 s. Cambridge books for Cambridge exams. ISBN 9780521676687
• COLLYAH, Bruce. Anglicko-český a česko-anglický slovník: studijní. 1. vyd. Praha: Fin, 2012, 1391 s. ISBN 978-80-87133-08-8.
• MURPHY, Raymond. Essential grammar in use: a self-study reference and practice book for elementary students with answers. 3rd edition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007, 319 s. ISBN 9780521675437.

Forms of Teaching

Seminar
Tutorial
Consultation

Teaching Methods

Frontal Teaching
Group Teaching - Cooperation
Project Teaching
Individual Work– Individual or Individualized Activity
Teaching Supported by Multimedia Technologies

Student Workload

Activities	Number of Hours of Study Workload
	Daily Study	Combined Study
Preparation for Seminars, Exercises, Tutorial	26	50
Preparation for the Final Test	20	28
preparation for the short speech	6	6
Attendance on Seminars/Exercises/Tutorial/Excursion	52	20
Total:	104	104

Assessment Methods and Assesment Rate

Test – final 70 %
dialog 30 %
part-time students- test 100 %

Exam conditions

Grading of the course for full-time students: Final Test 70% (0 – 70 points) and dialogue 30% (0-30). The final test requires B1 level of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. Successful graduates of the course have to get totally at least 70 points (from both parts together). Part-time students: Final Test: maximum 100% (0-100 points) Successful graduates of the course have to get totally at least 70 points (70%).

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course is taught annually.

• Enrolment Statistics (summer 2017, recent)
  
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